Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Michigan

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI

Westland, MI · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI safety composite

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−5.1

2016→2018

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI injury rate improved

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Westland, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/20
  • PHOTO Rust-Oleum
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rust-Oleum (0.0 TCR gap)

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Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI falls in its industry

530 Industrial product finishes an establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 20 Industrial product finishes an employers in Michigan.

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI
Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI has fewer employees than the Industrial product finishes and coatings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.1 5.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · MI · Westland

530 Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 90 employers in Westland, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Rust-Oleum 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ringgold Plastic Masterbatch 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA SC Summerville Plant 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR WALTER P REUTHER - DHHS 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westland 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8027684-Vitro Westland 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer - Westland 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Education Center for the Arts 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 45 Rockefeller Plaza/50 Rockefeller Plaza/1270 Avenue of the Americas 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennsylvania Networks, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kline Construction Co., Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atmosphere Annealing LLC, N. Vernon Facility 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE KRC - North Central Region - Fargo 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Nacogdoches 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Court Alternatives - Juvenile Detention 29 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.